FEMA News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updates http://www.fema.gov/news/recentnews.fema en-us FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Office of Public Affairs) FEMAWebmaster@dhs.gov (FEMA Webmaster) 60 Regional/North America/United States/Government/Executive Branch/Departments/Homeland Security/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:50:36 EDT FEMA News, Media Advisories and Disaster Updates http://www.fema.gov/news/recentnews.fema http://www.fema.gov/graphics/rss_logo.gif http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49983WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced a final rule enabling host states that shelter residents evacuated from presidentially declared disaster areas to receive reimbursements from FEMA more quickly and efficiently.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:10:49 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49983http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49982WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate addressed the National Guard Senior Leadership conference in National Harbor, MD. During his address, the Administrator emphasized the critical partnership between the National Guard and FEMA.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:20:27 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49982http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49980ATLANTA, Ga. -- Monday is the final day people can apply for federal disaster grants and low-interest loans for the September floods in Georgia. The total disaster assistance provided so far exceeds $93 million.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:50:40 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49980http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49977OAKLAND, Calif. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has presented preliminary flood risk maps to communities in Butte County, Calif. The preliminary draft maps will help community officials and local residents identify known flood risks and when finalized, will be used for flood insurance, land use planning and development decisions.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:53:09 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49977http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49979Families from the villages affected by the September 29th Earthquake, Tsunami and FloodingFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:57:12 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49979http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49978PAGO PAGO, AS -- Less than two weeks remain to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and to return a completed U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) loan application.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:54:53 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49978http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49971DES MOINES, Iowa -- One resident of Des Moines spent last Thanksgiving huddled in his living room, the only part of his house still livable after the 2008 floods. He’ll spend this Thanksgiving in his transformed home thanks to the efforts of Iowa’s hard-working volunteer agencies.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:52 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49971http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49966CHICAGO, Ill. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today released $4,483,460 in Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) funds to Jefferson County, Wisc., for the acquisition and removal of 28 residential structures and one commercial structure.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:41:29 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49966http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49962CHICAGO, Ill. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in partnership with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), will host a flood risk information open house for Sandusky County on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sandusky County Service Center, 2511 Countryside Drive in Fremont.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:14:31 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49962http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49959ATLANTA, Ga. -- Improvements to a drainage basin facility in Georgetown, S.C. will be funded in part by a grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The project will serve in reducing frequent flooding and expand the system’s capacity to disperse storm water from intense rainfall.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:51 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49959http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49961WASHINGTON, D.C. -- FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, today addressed students and faculty at Savannah State University, in Savannah, Georgia, at an event sponsored by the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Student Organization (HSEMSO). The FEMA Administrator praised students for choosing to study emergency management and recognized the administration of Savannah State, a Historically Black College and University (HBCU), for joining the growing number of schools offering a Bachelor’s degree in Emergency Management, as our nation continues to foster and recruit the next generation of emergency managers. Savannah State is one of the first HBCUs in the nation to offer a bachelors degree in emergency management.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:37:22 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49961http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49965PAGO PAGO, AS -- Fraud is a rare occurrence during disaster recovery. However, if it does occur, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has a responsibility to take action.Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:08:53 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49965http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49981Agencies working on September flooding have poured federal and state dollars into the Georgia economy almost as rapidly as the damaging rain fell during September. More than $88 million has been approved to repair homes, businesses and public infrastructure.Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:47:54 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49981http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49960CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. -- More than $45 million in federal disaster assistance is funding the recovery efforts in six western and central New York counties hit hard by the severe storms and flooding of Aug. 8 - 10.Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:06:28 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49960http://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49957UTULEI, AMERICAN SAMOA -- Free legal assistance is being offered to low income victims of the September 29, 2009 earthquake and tsunami. These services will be provided through outreach clinics and a telephone hotline as part of a partnership between the American Samoa Bar Association ("ASBA"), the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division ("ABA YLD") and the Federal Emergency Management Agency ("FEMA").Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:16:36 EDThttp://www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49957